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Monday, March 21, 2016

Paper Towel Stained Glass

I have to admit, my 8-year-old just came up with a great idea. She's my little artist, and is always doodling, coloring, and writing any chance she gets. She was in the kitchen being so quiet, so I peeked around the corner and was shocked (and awed) to find she was finishing up on this:

Paper towel Stained glass art - by my 8-year-old

It's beautiful!

I was pretty impressed. She had found an extra piece of paper towel that was lying on the island and started tracing the absorption pattern on the towel with colorful sharpies. I couldn't believe how she stuck to a pattern with the colors, and she made it such a lovely mosaic.

My 11-year-old like to leave more negative white space with her stained glass art attempt

My other two girls immediately wanted to make their own stained glass art, so off they went and this is what they came up with.

A work in progress. Picking the colors for the different shapes was the fun part.

This craft is pretty self explanatory, but might make for a nice little artsy time killer over a rainy weekend or spring break. All you need is white paper towels that have an interesting texture or pattern on them, a handful of sharpies, and something under your artwork (more paper towels, extra printer paper) to protect the sharpies from bleeding through to any surface beneath. Then have your artist trace the patterns with whichever color they want.

Paper towel stained glass looks nice no matter what part of the drawing you are at

After they were finished, we decided to hang them up on the back window for a while, and they really did look like bits of pretty stained glass.They also looked nice on the fridge. (Note: If you are interested in exactly what kind of paper towels we used, these were the 12 pack of Kirkland Signature "create-a- size" towels from Costco). They almost made my fridge look like a patchwork quilt! So pretty.

Stained glass paper towel art - they just couldn't stop making these

Today was their cousin Gabe's birthday party and so my youngest made him a lovely birthday card because she knew he liked "art". So sweet of her.

Even though he was 14, he made her feel nice about it and hung it on their fridge, and she was beaming from ear to ear. Anyway, it's a great little artsy time killer, and I have to admit, I didn't even think if it, my kid did! She was so pleased when I told her I was going to make a blog post featuring her art invention. She was so excited! Not to mention they really did turn out just beautiful! Enjoy!

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Jenn is a wife and busy mother of three girls who loves to do crafts, cook, and as a card-carrying foodie try new recipes. She recently became addicted to all things yarn related, especially crochet...
Armed with a new sewing machine she is going to try and channel her 8th grade home ec teacher to teach herself to sew. Come join her, the blue dutch oven (affectionately named Big Blue Mama), and follow them on their many crafty adventures. God speed.